Plate code

DAS Plate Number Meaning: Dass, Bauchi

The DAS plate number is registered in Dass Local Government Area, Bauchi. Those three letters record where the vehicle was first put on the road — not who drives it, and not where it is today.

Nigerian number plate with the DAS code — Dass, Bauchi
A plate issued in Dass carries the DAS code. The characters after it are a sample, not a real registration.

Dass, seat at Dass town, uses DAS. Around 89,943 residents were counted there in 2006 across 535 km² — about 168 to the square kilometre, and the least populous district in Bauchi. Its code is issued on the same terms as every other: one district, three letters.

DAS Plates We Have Checked

Plates carrying the DAS code that our own checks returned data for, most recent first. The make and the colour are shown exactly as the record gave them.

Plate Make Colour Checked
DAS-128AA HONDA ACCORD CUSTOM
DAS-174AA OPEL VECTRA SALON RED
DAS-236AA HONDA ACCORD ASH
DAS-305AA MERCEDES-BENZ BENZ BLACK
DAS-419AA HONDA CIVIC CIVIC MAROON
DAS-507AA HONDA CIVIC ASH
DAS-628AA Matrix Custom
DAS-741AA HONDA CRV JEEP CUSTOM
DAS-853AA TOYOTA COROLLA COROLLA MAROON
DAS-111AA Honda Civic Saloon Black
DAS-222AA TOYOTA TERCEL CUSTOM
DAS-123AA VOLKSWAGEN SHARON CUSTOM

No holder name appears here, and none ever will: the Federal Road Safety Corps does not release registration holders to the public, so neither do we.

What DAS Plates Look Like

12 Plates checked
Honda Most common make — 6 of 12 records

Counted from the 12 DAS plates we hold. It describes what we have seen, not the vehicle register — and the colour is the paint on the car, which is a different question from the colour of the plate itself. What plate colours mean

The District Behind DAS

Local Government Area
Dass
State
Bauchi
Headquarters
Dass
Population
89,943 (2006)
Area
535 km²

Population and area describe the local government area itself and come from public census and geographic data, not from the plate register.

What the DAS Code Does and Does Not Tell You

A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so DAS places the paperwork in Dass. It does not follow the car afterwards: a vehicle sold across state lines keeps its plate until it is re-registered, which is why a DAS plate away from Bauchi is a question for the seller rather than a finding in itself.

The letters also say nothing about the holder, the model or the history of the vehicle. Colours and special series are a separate system, explained on the code hub; what the car itself has been through — auction lots, damage, mileage at sale — is recorded against its VIN and travels with the car even when the plate changes.

Questions about the DAS plate number

What does the DAS plate number mean?

DAS is the registration code of Dass Local Government Area in Bauchi. A vehicle wearing it was registered there; the three digits after the letters are its serial inside that LGA, and the last two letters are the series.

Which state is a DAS plate number from?

Bauchi. The code identifies the local government area — Dass — and the state is printed on the plate in words above the number.

Codes Next to DAS in Bauchi

Codes either side of DAS in the Bauchi directory.

All Bauchi plate number codes

Have a whole DAS plate, not just the code?

The lookup takes the full plate and returns the local government area behind it. For the history of the vehicle — auction records, damage, mileage and photographs — check it by VIN.